Add a touch of personality & creativity to your home with projects for Christmas Easter Halloween Valentines & birthdays. Complete with step-by-step instructions & beautiful photography learn to make extra special festive decorations
- such as a birthday pinata knitted angels fragrant rose petal stuffed hearts or an Easter tree. Shop-bought decorations just cant compare! 25 fun & simple projects to make perfect for beginners. Complete with patterns & knitting sewing & craft basics.

Includes:: a directory of suppliers & resources The content of this book is adapted from Homemade by Ros Badger & Elspeth Thompson first published by Collins in 2009.


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Shops & markets selling vintage furniture & trinkets are an absolute treasure trove for anyone looking to inject some character & charm into their hoe without spending a fortune. Homemade Gifts Vintage Style" takes this one step further by inspiring you to make or customise your own vintage wares & present them as gifts. Rather than throwing out worn jumpers & blankets give them a new lease of life by turning them into cute animals for childrens birthdays. Instead of ditching cushions that have seen better days why not transform them into something unique with colourful & eclectic vintage fabrics. Sarah Moore shows you how with step-by-step photographs accompanied by simple instructions. Projects can be sewn by hand or accomplished with one simple stitch on a sewing machine so are suitable for all abilities. With their colourful vintage look these projects make the perfect gifts for any occasion
- so lovely that youll have to resist the temptation to keep them for yourself."
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Following the success of The Homemade Home Sania Pell now turns her attention to a younger audience creating a stylish innovative contemporary & child-friendly collection of 50 projects for parents to make with & for their offspring. There are ideas for decorating the nursery & childrens bedrooms with great storage tricks display ideas & decorations ranging from a nautical-themed bed throw to a banner embellished with silk flowers. When its playtime choose from making planes from balsa wood sewing simple yet fun costumes or creating a fabulous play boat from a metal bath tub & a canvas sail. There are suggestions for the garden too including a waterproof picnic rug & a play tent which utilises the washing line rather than cumbersome tent poles. There are even quick ways to customise childrens highstreet clothing by adding collars applique & buttons. If you can thread a needle hold a paintbrush or wield a glue gun you will find this book packed with inspirational ideas. ...

Get out your knitting needles crochet hooks & sewing machines & learn to make something truly original! Complete with step-by-step instructions & beautiful photography these projects
- from knitted fingerless gloves to upcycled vintage summer bunting
- will add individuality to your home & wardrobe & also make perfect gifts. 25 fun & simple projects to make perfect for beginners. Complete with patterns & knitting sewing & crochet basics.

Includes:: a directory of suppliers & resources The content of this book is adapted from Homemade by Ros Badger & Elspeth Thompson first published by Collins in 2009.



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Prevention is always better than cure. This manual provides the information necessary for the treatment & prevention of common & uncommon diseases by homeopathy. The work is an outcome of the experience of the masters & the author himself on homeopathic prevention of infections surgical conditions & other acute complaints. It covers a wide range of diseases with their prophylactic homeopathic prescription. It is organised in alphabetical order for quick reference & lists over 200 illnesses & provides brief descriptions & suggested homeopathic treatment for each one. In todays time when medical bills are always a heavy toll in our pockets this book on prevention comes as a sigh of relief. It features alphabetical arrangement of the diseases with preventive homeopathic treatment. It illustrates the role of homeopathic medicines for each disease condition as preventive as well as curative. It implies remedies for each disease with dosage & potency. It suggests homeopathic medicines that can be used in place of vaccination. It

Includes:: a list of homeopathic medicines which can be used as preventive for side effects of allopathic drugs. It covers pre- & post-operative homeopathic treatment.

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A seventeenth-century English traveler to the Eastern Mediterranean would have faced a problem in writing about this unfamiliar place: how to describe its inhabitants in a way his countrymen would understand? In an age when a European education meant mastering the Classical literature of Greece & Rome he would naturally turn to touchstones like the Iliad to explain the exotic customs of Ottoman lands. His Turk would have been Homers Turk. An account of epic sweep spanning the Crusades the Indian Raj & the postwar decline of the British Empire Homers Turk illuminates how English writers of all eras have relied on the Classics to help them understand the world once called the Orient." Ancient Greek & Roman authors Jerry Toner shows served as a conceptual frame of reference over long periods in which trade religious missions & imperial interests shaped English encounters with the East. Rivaling the Bible as a widespread flexible vehicle of Western thought the Classics provided a ready model for portrayal & understanding of the Oriental Other. Such image-making Toner argues persists today in some of the ways the West frames its relationship with the Islamic world & the rising powers of India & China. Discussing examples that range from Jacobean travelogues to Hollywood blockbusters Homers Turk proves that there is no permanent version of either the ancient past or the East in English writing--the two have been continually reinvented alongside each other." ...

The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite which tells of the seduction of the shepherd Anchises by the love-goddess Aphrodite has long been recognized as a masterpiece of early Western literature. This edition is designed as a reference tool to aid scholars & students in their study of the poem. The introduction & commentary deal with points of language appropriate to the specialist or student of Greek but also with matters of literary interpretation of interest to the non-specialist reader. ...

It is New Year's Eve 1982 & the whole gang is at Victor & Nandini's house. The Godfather is on repeat upstairs. Baila music is blaring from the record player in the lounge. Poppadoms are frying in the kitchen. & Preethi tipsy on youth & friendship & covert cigarettes out the window just wants to belong. But what does that mean to belong? From that New Year's party to a family funeral via ghetto blasters & growing pains through 7/7 & the world according to Charlie Chaplin life in all of its complexity happens to Preethi Nil Lolly Rohan & their tightly knotted Sri Lankan families in south London. ...

If flat-pack furniture & expensive designer pieces arent really your thing & youd rather make your own cushion cover than buy it then Homespun Style is for you. Showcasing inspiring homes around the world the book reflects our growing passion for crafting stitching & painting. These are homes packed with personality & interest full of homemade pieces restored junk-shop finds & one-off treasures. Interiors stylist Selina Lake & writer Joanna Simmons will show you how this homely crafty look has been given a modern twist with vivid colours tactile fabrics & bold combinations. The book begins with the Themes from the basics of modern craft to making colour & pattern work. It also focuses on imaginative ways to recycle & reuse from transforming furniture with a lick of paint to finding inspired new uses for everyday items. Next Details looks at textiles furniture & display while the third section Spaces shows how the style works beautifully in living rooms kitchens bedrooms & bathrooms childrens rooms workrooms & even out of doors. ...

Drawing inspiration from the interiors & fashions of the twentieth century this great new book is packed full of knit & crochet projects which will fit perfectly into any vintage-inspired interior. The craft skills that have traditionally been passed down through the generations from mother to daughter are as popular as ever boosted by the current vogue for all things vintage. Creating your own bespoke home furnishings is now seen not just as an exercise in thrift but as a creative & rewarding activity in itself. Two Tone Chic draws inspiration from the sophistication & elegance of Coco Chanels famous little black dress the drama of geometric art deco shapes & the simplicity of embellishments such as ribbons & lace. Folk Tales introduces the tradition of colour & spontaneity found in Scandinavian & Russian folk art with its recurring motifs from the natural world as well as joyful decorative techniques like bobbles beads pom poms embroidery & applique. Birds & flowers adorn cushions while the bright colours of Russian Dolls provide inspiration for a cosy blanket & a sumptuous floor cushion. Time for Tea brings us to the make do & mend era of the 1950s with its floral frocks & afternoon tea parties. Pretty vintage buttons frills & lace are all in evidence here with floral cushions doilies & table runners. With feature spreads on the inspiration behind each look these projects will help you turn your house into a home. Word count: 40 000 ...